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5th Signal Company Royal Engineers: Summary of War History 1914-1919.
Card wraps., [7]pp. Aldershot: G&P. nd
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Summary of services with 5th Div., Western Front from Aug. 1914, & list of awards. Concise but scarce. VG. See illustration on our website.
£35
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332 Siege Battery R.G.A. An Account of its Adventures in the Great War, 1917-18.
Compiled from Notes & Recollections of Officers of the Battery. 1st Ed., ix+134pp., 22 photos., 5 fldg. maps. Windsor: Oxley & Son, Printers. nd (c.1920s)
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6-In. How. Battery formed Jan. 1917: F&F from May starting in Ploegsteert Sector then 3rd Ypres, down to Bertrancourt for March Retreat & Final Advance from Mericourt to Bois l'Evecque. Detailed history. Roll of officers & WOs (with brief services), Roll of Hon. Orig. dec. blue cloth, VG & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£95
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Scrap Book of the 7th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry (13th Foot) being a chronicle of their experiences in the Great War, 1914-1918, contributed by officers & other ranks... [And:] Cambrai... A Supplement to the Scrap Book of the 7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
With a Foreword by Col. C.J. Troyte-Bullock, DSO. 1st Ed., 156pp., plate, 2 maps. Aylesbury: Fredk. Samuels Ltd., The Kingsbury Press.
1932
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61st Bde., 20th (Light) Div., Western Front 1915-18: Somme (notably capture of Guillemont), 3rd Ypres (inc. capture of Langemarck, Eagle Trench), Cambrai &c. A fine collaborative effort organised by Capt. H.A. Foley, MC, who served with the bn. 1915-18 (PoW, March 1918) & whose brother was killed with it in May 1917. Orig. blue cloth gilt, complete with the Cambrai supplement, VG & rare. See illustrations on our website.
£220
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Territorial Battalions of the Regiments of Surrey & Their Successors.
2nd Ed., revised., orig. dec. card wraps., 108pp. approx. 40 photos., plate of badges. Regimental Museum.
1992
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Illustrated history containing an account of each TA infantry unit of the Surrey & East Surrey Regiments & the amalgamated Queen's Royal Regiment, inc. several London Regt. battalions, 21st, 22nd, 24th, also 4th & 5th Surreys &c., including personal recollections of a number of members. VG. See illustration on our website.
£15
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The 32nd Division in The World War 1917-1919.
1st Ed., 318pp., 4to, portrait frontis., num. photos. (inc. portraits of many fallen officers &c.), excellent coloured maps. Issued by the Joint War History Commissions of Michigan & Wisconsin.
1920
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Excellent history inc. operations on the Aisne, Argonne & Meuse. Detailed roll of service. Orig. dec. khaki cloth covd. boards, blue cloth backstrip, titled in black. Very nice copy. See illustations on our website.
£50
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2/4 Battalion Hampshire Regiment 1914-1919.
1st Ed., orig. printed wraps. with cord tie, 68pp., 4to, 2 maps. Privately printed. nd
1920
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2/4th Hants. in Palestine May 1917-May 1918 then in France with the 62nd (West Riding) Div. for the Final Advance June-Nov. 1918 inc. Havrincourt, Marcoing & Le Quesnoy. Several rolls of officers, awards. Casualties noted in text. Worn, sound.
£65
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Deeds of the Royal Engineers.
Compiled in the Royal Engineer Record Office In Compliance with Army Council Instruction No. 850, dated April 19th, 1916. Orig. printed paper covd. boards, [iv]+81pp. Chatham: Royal Engineers Institute.
1918
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Notable events in Corps history inc. chapters on Royal Engineers & The Battle of Waterloo; The Royal Sappers & Miners in the Crimean War; The Blowing In of the Cashmere Gate at Delhi; 23rd Coy. in the Indian Mutiny & China; 23rd Coy at Ladysmith, &c. Orig. grey printed paper covd. boards with blue cloth backstrip, little chipped/rubbed at top of rear panel o/w VG & rare (just 500 copies printed).
£50
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The Light Bob Gazette: Regimental Journal of The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) Vol. XXXVIII, No.3: The Royal Silver Jubilee & 250th Anniversary Number, July 1st, 1935.
Orig. dec. wraps., 80pp., 4to, several col. plates, num. photos. Taunton: Goodman & Son. (for the SLI). Contemp.
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This special number includes numerous historical notes & a wide range of photos. of uniforms & campaigns (inc. WW1, with portraits of wartime battalion commanders) &c. VG. See illustrations on our website.
£25
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14th Heavy Battery R.G.A. War Diary, List of Honours & Awards to Officers, N.C.O.'s & Men Whilst Serving with the Battery, List of Officers who have Served with the Battery & Battery Roll of Honour.
1st Ed., 108pp., 7 photos., fldg. map (showing positions & dates where the Battery was in action, 1915-1918). Robert Scott.
1919
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Contains Battery history, War Diary & various rolls as stated in the title. Roll of casualties includes the wounded, inc. place & nature of wounds; roll of awards includes citations inc. MMs; officers' service roll includes dates of service with unit & other details. Served at the Somme 1916, Arras 1917 &c. Orig. paper covd. boards with title & coloured cloth onlay to front (formation sign), blue spine strip latterly renewed, VG thus. See illustration on our website.
£60
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The History of the Tyne Electrical Engineers, Royal Engineers. From the formation of the Submarine Mining Company of the 1st Newcastle-upon-Tyne & Durham Volunteers Royal Engineers in 1884 to 1933.
1st Ed., xvii+271pp., 4to, 49 plates, 7 maps & plans ( 6 fldg.). Newcastle: Ward.
1935
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Excellent history largely devoted to anti-aircraft searchlight operations at home & overseas in France & Flanders 1915-1918. Officers' services. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, foot of sp. chipped/torn o/w VG. See illustration on our website.
£60
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